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Ask Hackaday: Using CoPilot? Are You Entertained?

There’s a great debate these days about what the current crop of AI chatbots should and shouldn’t do for you. We aren’t wise enough to know the answer, but we …read more

Solar Balconies Take Europe By Storm

Solar power has been around for a long time now. Once upon a time, it was mostly the preserve of research projects and large-scale municipal installations. Eventually, as the technology …read more

Medieval Alhambra’s Pulser Pump And Other Aquatic Marvels

Recently the Practical Engineering YouTube channel featured a functional recreation of a pump design that is presumed by some to have been used to pump water up to the medieval …read more

Spy Tech: Conflicts Bring A New Number Station

If you know much about radios and espionage, you’ve probably encountered number stations. These are mysterious stations that read out groups of numbers or otherwise encoded messages to… well… someone. …read more

This Week In Security: Second Verse, Worse Than The First

Isn’t there some claim events come in threes? After the extremely rare leak of the iOS Coruna exploit chain recently, now we have details from Google on a second significant exploit in …read more

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  • Following Artemis II’s Journey Around The Moon

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    By Tom Nardi | April 1, 2026

    NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every step of the way.

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    By Bryan Cockfield | April 3, 2026

    One of the pitfalls of modern engineering is that it’s entirely possible to end up in a situation where a product or solution has been designed by someone who has …read more

  • Addressing The Divisive Topic That Is Boiling Water

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    By Maya Posch | April 2, 2026

    The topic of boiling water is apparently a rather divisive topic, with plenty of strong opinions to go around on what is safe and the most efficient way to go …read more

  • Pan And Tilt The Weatherproof Way, With Bowden Cables

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    By Jenny List | April 2, 2026

    Over the years there have been many designs for pan-and-tilt camera mounts suitable for single board computer cameras. Often they mount small servos for the movement, but those in turn …read more

  • The Raspberry Pi 4 With 3 GB RAM Is No Joke

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    By Maya Posch | April 2, 2026

    Although easily dismissed by some as another cruel April Fools joke, Raspberry Pi’s announcement of a new 3 GB model of the Raspberry Pi 4 along with (more) price increases …read more

  • The Threadless Ball Screw Never Took Off, But Don’t Write It Off

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    By Donald Papp | April 2, 2026

    If you’ve never heard of the threadless ball screw, which was invented over sixty years ago, [Angus] of Maker’s Muse has a video demonstrating the whole thing, covering its history …read more

  • Windows 3.1 On A Modern AM5-Based PC Is Surprisingly Usable

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    By Maya Posch | April 2, 2026

    Although Windows 95 stole the show, Windows 3.0 was arguably the first version of Windows that more or less nailed the basic Windows UI concept, with the major 3.1 update …read more

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